8
What is man, and of what use is he? What is his good and what is his evil?
9
The number of a man's days is great if he reaches a hundred years.
10
Like a drop of water from the sea and a grain of sand so are a few years in the day of eternity.
11
Therefore the Lord is patient with them and pours out his mercy upon them.
12
He sees and recognizes that their end will be evil; therefore he grants them forgiveness in abundance.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.